Thursday, April 21, 2011

'R' is for...?

Yesterday's "Quirky" post was a blast to write.  Thanks for all your lovely comments and guesses!

Today's 'R' prompt word is depicted by a character in the excerpt below.  See if you can guess what emotion  I've described that begins with 'R'.  Can't wait to read your comments!  And remember,Jessica Bell is working with the same prompt words as I am this A-Z Blogfest.  There's a link to her blog below.

Here goes:


From his sprawled position on the ground, Hamilton grinned as the referee raise the yellow card in the air.  But when he pointed down at Hamilton, his face contorted.  “You’re calling foul on me?” he roared at the ref.  “Number Four tripped ME!”

He sprang to his feet, his cleats leaving scars in the grassy turf.  He strode to the referee who faced the scorekeeping table on the sideline.  Into the ref’s right ear, he shouted, “What kind of call is this, hey?  I think you need glasses, chief.  You can’t see right!”  Spittle landed on the referee’s sideburn.

The ref looked him in the face, warned him to settle down.  Hamilton fired one more insult.

“Their shit team put you on their goddamn payroll before the match?”  He turned to walk back to his position, but the ref was right on his heels.  Over his shoulder, Hamilton saw the flash of the red card.  Lava churned in his gut and he stamped his foot, releasing a tirade too foul to reprint here.

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What emotion do you think I've described here?  And please visit Jessica's blog when you're through leaving me a comment.  I love hearing from you!

                                    

15 comments:

Jessica Bell said...

LOL. 'too foul to print here' hahah :o)

Anonymous said...

Resentment would fit here but not quite Jessica's...

Huntress said...

Ranting? Raving?
Wrath? Oh, wait...er, never mind.

Glynis Peters said...

I went for retaliation on Jessica's, so will go the same here.

Jaydee Morgan said...

Hmm...now I have to go with rage.

Unknown said...

Rage! Rage, rage against the night... LOL. Like this idea very much.

Laura S. said...

Rage. Your stories are great, Nicole!

baygirl32 said...

rage?

Christa Desir said...

It probably is rage but whenever I see characters like this, I only say to myself "ridiculous"...

Ann said...

Is the word Retribution? Great story Nicole.

Marjorie said...

He's in an absolute rage. I love coming to read every day. This really is one of my favorite A-Z blogs. I'm actually really interested in what you will be doing after A-Z.

Wendy@FabNouveau said...

Rage, definately

Donea Lee said...

Jessica's stumped me a little, so I popped over here for help. I love your very different approaches to the same word, which I'm still trying to suss out... but, I'll go with "rage" also. :)

Anonymous said...

I'm going with righteous indignation or maybe rage.

Mm the Queen of English
http://queenofenglish.wordpress.com

Dark Passenger said...

Haha "..stamped his foot, releasing a tirade too foul to reprint here.".

You captured that raw aggression and disregard for respect that is all too prevalent in today's soccer stars and their youthful fans. Nice.

Grant @ Grant's Big Blog